By: Edmonds, S. Emma E. (1841-1898).
Price: $100.00
Publisher:
Hartford, Connecticut:, W.S. Williams and Co.,: 1865.
Edition: First edition
Seller ID: 179
Condition: About very good.
8vo. 384pp. Gilt stamped on brown cloth. Wear to cloth and spine, including a stain to the top of the front cover and a tear to the top of the cloth covering the spine. Light foxing. Tightly bound. Previous owner name inscribed on ffep.Sarah Emma Edmonds is one of about 400 women known to have served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. Her uniqueness is that she not only succeeded in remaining in the army for several years, but was also eminently successful as a Union spy -- all while impersonating a man. She disguised herself as a man, and served in various capacities as a Union...
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